I love the work of Bedow because the simplicity of the shapes and how they use colours in their brand identity design. Their studio is in Stockholm. They have a wide range of clients but mainly retails sectors....

It's day one of colour for the full-time students in Sydney and to mark the occasion here are some wonderful ads for Mercedes Benz. Depicting the difference between the left and right side of the brain I think they're a breath of fresh air from standard car ads.
The agency beghind the ads was Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R Inte...

I love the work of Adrian Johnson because of how he uses vivid colours and simple shapes to communicate an effective message. He lived in London for 15 years, but now he lives in East Sussex. He develops a lot of personal projects, but also worked for clients like Amex, Adidas, Monocle, The New York Times, Wired and Unicef....

Amazing work from Berlin-based photographer Matthias Hedierich. Blazingly bold colour and a really interesting graphic take on composition... clearly the guy has an eye for urban spaces through a lens. I've really got to get myself back to Berlin! (Found via butdoes...

A wonderful friend of mine just pointed me in the direction of Design Seeds and her timing couldn't be more perfect for Australian FT students as they're just starting colour theory. This is a beautiful site that separates images into simple colour palettes. You can even pick a colour value and find complimentary ...

I love a good shadow animation and here's a great example. The song title is 'Black & white' performed by The Ravonettes and the film clip was designed and directed by Chris Do / Blind (which, incidentally, the completed from concept to completion in 3 weeks!).
It was par...

For the first time in a long while Telstra doesn't look like an bad late eighties / early ninties throw back identity. I heard via the grape vine that Interbrand Sydney worked on the identity re-invigoration. This could be partly their work.
I think the logo still looks like it was designed by a grandad who thinks he look...

If you are like me and colour doesn't come easy to you looking for inspiration from colour palettes that work in images, artwork or even other pieces of design can be good.
Designspiration is a great place for inspiration but as an awesome feature that allows you to browse work by colour. This makes it easy to find combi...